Illuminated bollard for loading dock
AssigneeJames Enterprises LLC
InventorsDale R. Hudson, Jay Tillman
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Abstract
A combination dock light and bollard serves the purposes of both, without having any sensitive structure projecting out from the bollard into the traffic lane at the loading dock. A lamp assembly within the bollard projects out a window cutout at an upper end of the tubular metal body of the bollard. The lamp assembly rests on a sub-plate welded into the bollard below the cutout. The lamp holder is mounted on compression springs held in place with machine screw, to permit adjustment of the lamp beam direction. A photo eye turns the lamp on when the loading dock door is opened, and off when the dock door is closed.
Claims12
Illuminated bollard adapted to be installed adjacent a loading dock door and to provide illumination into a truck body or trailer positioned at said loading dock door and distally thereof, the illuminated bollard comprising:
- a vertical tubular body;
- means affixing a base of said tubular body to a horizontal floor surface;
- a window cutout formed at an upper end of said bollard tubular body on a distal-facing side thereof;
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- a lamp assembly disposed within the upper end of said bollard tubular body, and including:
- (a) a base plate;
- (b) a directional lamp supported over said base plate and providing a beam of light oriented in the distal direction through said window cutout;
- (c) an automatic sensor switch adapted to switch said lamp on when said loading dock door is opened and to switch the lamp off when said loading dock door is closed;
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- (d) a power supply that provides electrical power to said lamp.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.